| Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings | ||||
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| Released | December 1970 | |||
| Recorded | Late 1969 – early 1970 | |||
| Studio | Bo Hansson's summer house on Älgö in the Stockholm archipelago and Studio Decibel in Stockholm | |||
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| Length | 38:13 | |||
| Label | Silence | |||
| Producer | Anders Lind, Bo Hansson | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Bo_Hansson_Sagan_Om_Ringen.jpg) Cover of the original Sagan om ringen release | ||||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Bo_Hansson_Lord_Of_The_Rings2.jpg) Cover of the 1977 reissue | ||||
Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings is an instrumental progressive rock album by Swedish musician Bo Hansson.[1] As its title suggests, it is a concept album based on author J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings.[2] The album was originally issued in Sweden in late 1970, under the Swedish title of Sagan om ringen, and was subsequently re-released internationally as Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings in September 1972.[3][4]
The album reached the Top 40 of the UK Album Chart[5] and was eventually certified gold in the UK and Australia.[6] It was also moderately successful in America, where it reached number 154 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart.[7] Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings remains the only release by Hansson to have reached the UK and US charts and as a result, it is by far his best known and most successful album.[4][5][8]
- ^ "Bo Hansson – Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings album review". Dutch Progressive Rock Page. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ^ "Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings album review". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ "Bo Hansson Biography". Silence Records. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ^ a b Snider, Charles. (2008). The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock. Strawberry Bricks. pp. 120–121. ISBN 978-0-615-17566-9.
- ^ a b Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 377. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8.
- ^ "Bo Hansson Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ "Bo Hansson Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
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